My battery life is amazing. You might want to take it to the Apple store and get another one. Sounds like you have a bad phone.

Everyone I know who has a 5 raves about the battery life. Might want to get that checked out.

How long does your's last on average? You have a 5?

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I wouldn't be sir prized if he passed McCoy on the depth chart. I think he might have a better arm and accurate arm then him from the highlights I thought. He also got some wheels too help us prepare for QB's as Wilson , RG3 and other runners etc.

I have a 5. It pretty much lasts all day. If I use my phone nonstop from like 10am to 9pm it will die around then. But I have to basically use my phone nonstop all day long for it to die.

Yeah I feel I'm about the same way, I was thinking my battery was just so-so but thats good to know.

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I wouldn't be sir prized if he passed McCoy on the depth chart. I think he might have a better arm and accurate arm then him from the highlights I thought. He also got some wheels too help us prepare for QB's as Wilson , RG3 and other runners etc.

It's all about preference. I like smaller phones that are fast, and reliable. The S3 is huge, I'm not a big fan of Android OS bc they get buggy after a year, and while their specs are great on paper, they're never as fast as iPhones.

If you like iOS, like fast phones that never crap out, and like smaller phones, the iPhone is for you. And for what it's worth, the app store is much better than google play and common apps are better on the iPhone too. Most android users don't realize this. Yes, we both have the ebay app, yes we both have the linkedin app. But use it on the iPhone and use it on Android and you'll see the app is just 10 million times better on the iPhone. The software was developed better. This is the case with most apps, they put more time into the apple app. So common apps aren't equal in many cases.

If you like big phones, open source, and are willing to lose some speed, screen sharpness, and tolerate a bug here and there then go for the S3. Google navigation is also by far the best nav on the market. There's ways to get similar navigation on the iPhone but nothing beats google navigation.

I recently switched from an iphone to an SII and I didn't notice any difference at all in the app store, or how the apps ran. I primarily ran the same apps on both phones, general ones like ebay, weather channel, etc. Not that their aren't differences I just never picked up on any.

I don't know about the losing of the speed thing. Screen sharpness can be adjusted on both models though.

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I guarantee that if someone picks Cam Newton in the Top 5 they will regret it.

apparently this is a really common problem. i'm lazy, but i know there are a ******** of tips on google to improve that.

Had a google and it seems from what I've done that the equaliser on the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 is busted and just drains battery, turning that off and my battery became far more comparable to the iPhone 4.

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Originally Posted by bigbluedefense

My battery life is amazing. You might want to take it to the Apple store and get another one. Sounds like you have a bad phone.

Everyone I know who has a 5 raves about the battery life. Might want to get that checked out.

Still not getting close to the 4 but with the above it's much better, managed to leave work yesterday with 79% battery (had been in the 20s prior to turning off equaliser for past two weeks). In comparison I would leave in the 90-95 range depending on amount of calls with the 4 but my iPhone 4 has some kind of god mode battery so not a fair comparison (me and a mate recently traveled and were using our phones that were same age, same usage and everything and I would have 70% when his would run dead level godmode)

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BBD, you are saying that the 5 has a much better battery life than the 4?

What else does the 5 do better. I know speed and screen size - two things that aren't THAT important to me.

Sell me.

Honestly... the only difference that is worth noting that i can tell is if you live in an area with G4 LTE service as the speed is absolutely blazing. That is basically the reason to upgrade. I haven't noticed any noteworthy difference on anything else now that I've seemingly fixed the battery (though the sacrifice of the equaliser is a bit of a gripe).

As someone who is generally connected to a WiFi network when I'm browsing I haven't noticed anything else of note or distinction. I'm like you in that the processor speed and screen size are pretty unimportant. I do wish they'd address the keypad and add some new functionality as that is where the Android phones are really pulling away, imo.

Still... it's a good phone and once I sorted the battery life I've got nothing negative to say on it as a reason not to buy it, if you like the 4, the 5 is basically just a shiny new version.

I actually love the iPhone keyboard. I used swype on Android, and I loved swype but the autocorrect on the iPhone keyboard is second to none, and I type faster on the iPhone than the Android.

Autocorrect is fine, my problem is with the lack of customisation of the size of the buttons or positions... for example I'd love to **** the "shift" button the hell off, the amount of times that thing triggers instead of an "a" is just absurd.

Would love to be able to make the buttons bigger, I don't need 3/4 of the screen to see my message, would rather have 50/50 and actually be able to "type" rather than feeling like I'm playing landmind typing.

Again... it's a pretty petty complaint and probably a good sign that it is a quality phone :)